Effective February 17, 2000, Trend Micro established the Product Development Department, Sales and Marketing Department and Management Department. The existing Sales Department has been split into the Business Partner Division and the Consumer Division. The existing Marketing Department has been disbanded, and its former functions will be transferred to the Sales and Marketing Department and the Management Department. The company implemented these changes in response to its expanded scope of operations and to promote better-organized management and accelerated decision making within departments and divisions.